The Faculty and staff are committed to the development of students. The faculty provides an excellent balance of skills and expertise to cover a broad range of learning experiences for our students. Each faculty member brings a unique contribution to the theory and practice of the occupational therapy curriculum.
Mailing Address
450 30th Street, 4th Floor
Oakland, CA 94609
FAX Number
510-869-6951
Department Chair
Kate Hayner, EdD, OTR/L
450 30th Street, 4th floor
Oakland, CA 94609
510.869.6511 ext. 4780
khayner@samuelmerritt.edu
Administrative Staff
Drew Ward
Administrative Assistant
450 30th Street, 4th floor
Oakland, CA 94609
510.869.8925
dward@samuelmerritt.edu
Donna Breger Stanton, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Level II
Associate Professor
450 30th Street, 4th floor
Oakland, CA 94609
510.869.6743
dbreger@samuelmerritt.edu
Domenique Embrey, MS, OTR/L
Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Level II
450 30th Street, 4th floor
Oakland, CA 94609
510.869.5913
dembrey@samuelmerritt.edu
Liz Kleine, MOT
Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Level I
450 30th Street, 4th floor
Oakland, CA 94609
510.869.3721
lkleine@samuelmerritt.edu
Faculty
Donna Breger Stanton, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA
dbreger@samuelmerritt.edu
Ciara Cox, PhD, MS, OTL
ccox@samuelmerritt.edu
Elaina DaLomba, PhD, OTR
Domenique Embry, MS, OTR/L
dembry@samuelmerritt.edu
Laura Figueroa, OTR/L
lfigueroa@samuelmerritt.edu
Ginny Gibson, OTD,OTR/L, CHT
ggibson@samuelmerritt.edu
Gordon Muir Giles, PhD, Dip COT, OTR/L, FAOTA
ggiles@samuelmerritt.edu
Goli Hashimi, MSc, OTR/L
ghashimi@samuelmerritt.edu
Kate Hayner, EdD, OTR/L
khayner@samuelmerritt.edu
Liz Kleine, MOT
lkleine@samuelmerritt.edu
Christina Lewis, PhD
clewis@samuelmerritt.edu
Barb Puder, Ph.D.
bpuder@samuelmerritt.edu
Chi Kwan Shea, PhD, OTR/L
cshea@samuelmerritt.edu
Robyn Wu, OTR/L, OTD, BCP
rwu@samuelmerritt.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Nancy Chee, OTD, OTR/L
nchee@samuelmerritt.edu
Nandini Dasgupta, MS
ndasgupta@samuelmerritt.edu
Kristina Fuller, MOT, OTR/L
kfuller@samuelmerritt.edu
Leila Gabriel, PhD, OTR/L
lgabriel@samuelmerritt.edu
Kirsten Lindgren-Gershoni, MS, OTR/L
klindgren@samuelmerritt.edu
Scarth Locke, MOT, OTR/L
slocke@samuelmerritt.edu
Linda Monroe, MPT, OCS
lmonroe@samuelmerritt.edu
Drew Smith, PhD
dsmith@samuelmerritt.edu
Stacy Springer, MS
ssinger@samuelmerritt.edu
Corry Wagner, MOT,OTR/L
cwagner@samuelmerritt.edu
Robyn Wu, OTD, OTR/L
rwu@samuelmerritt.edu
Faculty Bio